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octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 08:14 PM Apr 2013

'Let's privatize her funeral': Film Director Ken Loach on Plans for Thatcher's Send-off

Film director Ken Loach gives his assessment of Margaret Thatcher, and offers a suggestion for her funeral.

"Margaret Thatcher was the most divisive and destructive Prime Minister of modern times.

Mass Unemployment, factory closures, communities destroyed – this is her legacy. She was a fighter and her enemy was the British working class. Her victories were aided by the politically corrupt leaders of the Labour Party and of many Trades Unions. It is because of policies begun by her that we are in this mess today.

Other prime ministers have followed her path, notably Tony Blair. She was the organ grinder, he was the monkey.

Remember she called Mandela a terrorist and took tea with the torturer and murderer Pinochet.

How should we honor her? Let’s privatize her funeral. Put it out to competitive tender and accept the cheapest bid. It’s what she would have wanted."


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'Let's privatize her funeral': Film Director Ken Loach on Plans for Thatcher's Send-off (Original Post) octoberlib Apr 2013 OP
Petty, small minded and.... in this case.... Smarmie Doofus Apr 2013 #1
She said she wanted to be cremated... backscatter712 Apr 2013 #2
Now THAT would be the 'trickle-down' she deserves. n/t appal_jack Apr 2013 #6
+1000. How about 2 toilets -- one out of Reagan's ashes right next to Maggie Thatcher's? JDPriestly Apr 2013 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Apr 2013 #3
Great idea! LeftInTX Apr 2013 #4
Yes, they could make it a... Oilwellian Apr 2013 #5
"Did they expect us to treat them with any respect?" Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #8
Ken, wish I could give you the power to make it happen. toby jo Apr 2013 #9
 

Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts)
1. Petty, small minded and.... in this case....
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 08:42 PM
Apr 2013

...*utterly* appropriate.

Let the trickle-down commence.


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backscatter712

(26,355 posts)
2. She said she wanted to be cremated...
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 08:44 PM
Apr 2013

So cremate her.

Then mix her ashes into a ceramic.

Use the ceramic to make a toilet...

And mount that toilet in a tube station near Whitehall so everyone can pay their respects.

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Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
8. "Did they expect us to treat them with any respect?"
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 10:29 PM
Apr 2013

From the song "The Fletcher Memorial Home" by Pink Floyd from the album "The Final Cut".

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